Hydra as a noun: - 1
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hydra - 3
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Hydra
noun
1 Hydra
Greek mythology Monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones.
Dutch: Hydra
Polish: Hydra, Hydra lernejska
2 Hydra
A long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer.
synonym: Snake.
3 hydra
Trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality.
Roget 83:
nonconformity
etc.
82;
unconformity,
disconformity;
unconventionality,
informality,
abnormity†,
abnormality,
anomaly;
anomalousness
etc.
adj.†;
exception,
peculiarity;
infraction of law,
breach,
of law,
violation of law,
violation of custom,
violation of usage,
infringement of law,
infringement of custom,
infringement of usage;
teratism†,
eccentricity,
bizarrerie†,
oddity,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
monster,
monstrosity,
rarity;
freak,
freak of Nature,
weirdo,
mutant;
rouser,
snorter [U.S.].
individuality,
idiosyncrasy,
originality,
mannerism.
aberration;
irregularity;
variety;
singularity;
exemption;
salvo
etc.
(qualification)
469.
nonconformist;
nondescript,
character,
original,
nonesuch,
nonsuch†,
monster,
prodigy,
wonder,
miracle,
curiosity,
flying fish,
black sheep,
black swan,
lusus naturae [Lat.],
rara avis [Lat.],
queer fish;
mongrel,
random breed;
half-caste,
half-blood,
half-breed;
metis [Lat.],
crossbreed,
hybrid,
mule,
hinny,
mulatto;
tertium quid [Lat.],
hermaphrodite.
[Mythical animals]
phoenix,
chimera,
hydra,
sphinx,
minotaur;
griffin,
griffon;
centaur;
saggittary†;
kraken,
cockatrice,
wyvern,
roc,
dragon,
sea serpent;
mermaid,
merman,
merfolk†;
unicorn;
Cyclops,
men whose heads do grow beneath their men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders"
[Othello];
teratology.
[unconformable to the surroundings]
fish out of water;
neither one thing nor another,
neither fish nor fowl,
neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red neither fish flesh nor fowl nor good red herring;
one in a million,
one in a way,
one in a thousand;
outcast,
outlaw;
off the beaten track;
oasis.
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Roget 168:
productiveness
etc.
adj.;
fecundity,
fertility,
luxuriance,
uberty†.
pregnancy,
pullulation,
fructification,
multiplication,
propagation,
procreation;
superfetation.
milch cow,
rabbit,
hydra,
warren,
seed plot,
land flowing with milk and honey;
second crop,
aftermath;
aftercrop,
aftergrowth†;
arrish†,
eddish†,
rowen†;
protoplasm;
fertilization.
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Polish: hydra
4 hydra
Small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp.
Polish: stuĊbia, hydra
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